Plastic waste exports from the UK 2000-2022

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Bruna Alves,
Aug 9, 2023
The United Kingdom exported 0.48 million metric tons of plastic waste in 2022. UK exports of plastic waste increased rapidly during the 2000s and reached a peak of 0.86 million metric tons in 2011, but have been on a mostly downward trend since. The Netherlands and Turkey are among the top destinations for UK plastic waste exports.

Annual exports of plastic waste from the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2022 (in million metric tons)

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Release date

2023

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2000 to 2022

Special properties

Figures refer to commodity trade code 3915 - waste, parings and scrap, of plastics

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This statistic using original data from the HM Revenue and Customs and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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